In present-day Macedonia, a very successful politician Lem Nikodinoski is rushed to the emergency room. During his near-death experience, he goes back to his childhood at the age of twelve. World War II has just ended. Young Lem, like so many war orphans, wanders aimlessly through the countryside only to be caught by communist soldiers. He is taken to the children’s orphanage, in fact, an “ideological” labor camp where kids are brought to be ideologically “reprogrammed.” This is where his true hardship begins. One day a mysterious boy is brought to the orphanage and Lem’s life changes forever.